Congress logo
Back to Conference page

The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Building capacity for a tobacco-free world

July 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA



Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 12:00 PM
14-9

Tobacco Control into Health Manager's Education

Suárez Lugo Nery, PhD, Marketing in Health, National Scholl in Public Health, Calle 174 #117 entre 1ra y 3ra. Reparto Flores. Municipio Playa, Habana, Cuba

Objective: The objetives of the Proyect is to increase the participation of the health managers and the others functionaryes in the Prevention and Tobacco Control, through the knowledge of social marketing strategies applied in health.

Methods: : The method used is the included in the course on Social Marketing in Health and many Conference about in the others courses in the Management Education System of the National School of Public Health.

Results: The main results are: 1.- Managers and Functionaryes of the National Health System, received the courses during 1997 / 2004. 2.- The managers and functionaryes • Increased the knowladge about the strategies of Social Marketing and the attention in health. • To adopt or strengthen the positive actitudes on Prevention and Tobacco Control. 3.- The Proyects contribute the perfectioning the Cuban's Program on Tobacco Control.



Web Page: Phd. Nery Suárez Lugo